The Bay-Delta Plan and Voluntary Agreements: Ensuring Effective Legislative Oversight

Mar 18, 2026 - Over the next two years, VA parties renamed the program “Healthy Rivers and Landscapes” and released additional materials and details, including plans for governance, science, flow accounting, non‑flow measure accounting, and funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

The 2026-27 Budget: Governor’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel Tax Credit Proposal

Feb 24, 2026 - Specifically, we estimate that the proposed tax credit alone implies a carbon price of over $170 per metric ton of carbon dioxide equivalent. (That is, if all the estimated carbon emission reductions from each gallon of SAF are attributed exclusively to the proposed policy, we estimate that the cost per met ric ton for these reductions would be over $170.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5139

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposed Zero-Emission Vehicle Incentive

Feb 24, 2026 - Moreover, given the time horizon over which the public likely will phase in purchases of new ZEVs, providing financial incentives for their adoption does not constitute an urgent need that must be funded this year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5140

The 2026-27 Budget: Framework for Approaching the Natural Resources, Environmental Protection, and Agriculture Budget

Feb 10, 2026 - (The current ‑year totals include some General Fund carried over from appropriations in prior years that departments are still in the process of spending.) Second, the 2025 ‑26 amounts similarly include notably more one ‑time bond funds —reflecting $1.3  billion more in total appropriated from Proposition  4 (2024) as compared to what is proposed in 2026 ‑27, as well as funds
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

The 2026-27 Budget: Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation Proposals

Mar 19, 2026 - However, the office ’s statutory responsibilities have expanded over time, including a new focus on climate change and serving as the state ’s lead entity on CEQA issues. For example, the Legislature and Governor have tasked the office with additional responsibilities to develop statewide guidance on complying with CEQA and to review applications for projects seeking streamlined CEQA processes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

The 2026-27 Budget: California Public Utilities Commission’s Implementation of AB 1207

Feb 10, 2026 - Absent such additional direction, the Legislature will largely be deferring to CPUC to make decisions about how to allocate this funding —which could total in the tens of billions of dollars over the next twenty years —to utility customers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5120

The 2026-27 Budget: Permitting Support at the State Water Resources Control Board

Mar 2, 2026 - Federal regulations have defined WOTUS differently over the years and the definition has been the subject of extensive litigation. U.S. Supreme Court Decision in 2023 Narrowed Federal Jurisdiction … A 2023 U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5144